Cartridge-belt



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A (No Model.)

CARTRIDGE-BELT.

Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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TATES Prie PATENT CARTRIDGE-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,719, dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed May 24, 1886. Serial No. 203,107. (No model.) v

`of Oakville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Cartridge-Belts; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the .letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specication,'and represent, in-

Figure .1, a side viewof a portion of the belt with the clips attached 5 Fig, 2, a vertical central section through one of the clips; Fig. 3, same as Fig. 2 showing a cartridge in the clip; Fig. Ll, a top view looking downinto 'the clips, Fig. 5 illustraliugfthe method of forming the clips.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of cartridgebelts in which the clips are constructed from metal and secured to a leather or other suitable belt, the object of the invention being toprovide a simple and durable belt; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the clips, as more fully hereiny after described.

A represents the belt, constructed from leather, canvas, or other suitable material, its ends adapted to be secured together, and preferably by a buckle adjustably attached to one end, and a loop `to engage the hook on saidl buckle at the .opposite end, so that the belt is adapted to the forms Aoi" the-various wearers. y

B represents the clips, which are tubular, the internal diameter bei ng slightly larger than the external diameter of the shells to be held, so that the head of the shell will not pass through the clips. Each clip provided with two spring-fingers, a a. rlhe lingers are cut from the metal and left attached to the metal at their upper ends, but bent inward below,so

as to form springs, as seen in Fig. 2, and so as to be compressed as the cartridge is inserted, as shown in Fig. 3, the springs bearing the cartridge against the opposite side of the clip, and seas to produce sufficient friction on the cartridge to prevent its accidental removal. By this arrangement of thel springiingers theelips are adapted to securely hold various sizes of cartridges. The clips are riveted or otherwise secured to the beltin a vertical position, as shown, the number of clips depending upon the length of belt or requirement ot' the wearer. The upper and lower ends of, the clip are diagonal in opposite di rections-that is, the top inclines downward from the belt and the bottom upward from the belt, which shape enables the clips to be made very light, and' also to eut them from tubingby opposite diagonal cuts, as seen in Fig. 5. The spring fingers being integral with the clip, riveting to secure them is avoided, and the clip made extremely cheap, yet

durable and not liable to get out of repair.

I elaiml. In a cartridge-bell', the combination of the belt A and tubular clips B,seeured to the belt, said clips constructed with spring-tingers a, struck from the body of the clip and projecting into the tube, substantiallyas described. l

2. The hereindescribed clip for cartridgebelts, consisting of a tube, its uppervand lower 75 ends cut diagonal in opposite directions, and

having the spring-fingers c struck 'from the body of the clip and projecting into the tube,

substantially as described.

XV. S. CAPEWELL.

Witnesses: Y

C. S. BRADLEY, It. P. BRADLEY. 

